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Meaning of literary executor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person acting on behalf of beneficiaries (e.g. family members, a designated charity, a research library or archive) under the author's will.

Examples

“Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

literary fiction literary inquisition literary journalism literary language literary present literary science